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DMLC began admitting women in 1896. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there were some misgivings among Wisconsin and Missouri Synod leaders about employing women to teach in their schools. However, by 1938 coeducation was also offered by the Missouri Synod's Concordia Teachers College, and by 1984 the graduating class of DMLC was 74% female.
In 1908, Fritz Reuter became DMLC's chair of music and had initiated a strong music tradition at the college by the time of his death in 1924. While at DMLC he established singing classes and organized male and mixed choruses. Reuter also composed and arranged many hymns, several of which are used today in Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal, commissioned by the WELS.
Under the presidency of Adolph Ackerman, the college began to expand its facilities. After receiving land donations from the New Ulm Commercial Club and public works improvements from the city of New Ulm, the college constructed a chapel/auditorium and a dormitory, Summit Hall, in …
